This is just damn slinky. Take Five studio rehearsals – Two Step from Rob Lindsay. It’s part of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s triple bill as part of IDFB, a festival I’m very much looking forward to, in case I hadn’t mentioned it already.
Here’s something to do. Send this video to someone and get them to guess which city it happened in (and which year, for that matter). If they guess Birmingham (in 2012) before they get to the credits then give them a biscuit.
The NME said some nice things about this here city in an article called ‘The Rise of Birmingham’. It’s not online (that I can tell) but the good people of Troumaca have scanned it so you can have a read then dash down to your local newsagent to read quotes such as: the city has … [Read more…]
Reference Works is a major new photography commission in which four leading photographers will make visual responses to the current Central Library building and to the build, transition and relocation to the new Library of Birmingham. Those photographers being Michael Collins, Brian Griffin, Andrew Lacon and Stuart Whipps
I can’t say I keep up with what Godskitchen are up to very much, but I stumbled across a trailer for their big upcoming May Bank Holiday bash. They do a lot of city centre/Digbeth-based time lapse stuff.
VICE: Your Town Is A Paradise (Birmingham) « Homepage Pics by Alex Dean Edible Brum Magazine Spring 2012 Quite a nice thing, this. Synonyms For Churlish : Top 10 things I did on my uni placement with Fierce fest In no particular order… Lunch Club | Eastside Projects, 26 April, 1–2pm « We Are Eastside … [Read more…]
Birmingham Live has had a bit of a facelift. Looks like they’re branching out into interviews and album reviews too.
This pic showed up on the Facebook Page for International Dance Festival Birmingham last week. On the left: David Massingham, Artistic Director of DanceXchange and co-director of IDFB. On the right: Goldie. It’s for Wings of Desire, a big outdoor spectacular that’s taking place in Victoria Sq in mid-May, that will also feature: 2 Faced … [Read more…]